Shoe-rack.



No. 683,637. Patented Oct. I, l90l. P. J. GALLAHAN.

SHOE BACK.

(Application filed June 10, 1901.

(No Model.)

/74- 76 Witnesses Inventor UNITED STATES PAIEEIFI OFFICE PATRICK J. OALLAHAN, OF MARLBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 683,637, dated October 1, 1901.

Application filed June 10, 1901. Serial No. 63,994. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK J. CALLAHAN, of Marlboro, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoe-Racks, of

which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to a rack or combination'of shelves, guards, and drip-shields for the reception of shoes while being dried; and it consists of a series of grills which act as shelves or supports for the shoes and guards and drip-shields for each of the grills, the object beinglto provide a series of drying-shelves or grills with proper guards for holding the shoes in place and drip-shields for preventing the dressing liquid that may be in excess upon one shoe from dripping upon the shoes below it. This object I attain by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan or top view of one of my racks. Fig. 2 is a view, partly in vertical cross-section and partly in end elevation.

In the drawings the supporting-posts of the rack are indicated by A A A A and the bed-pieces by A A. Ifhe end crosspieces are designated by K. These are made in substantially the form shown in Fig. 2 and may be tenoned into the posts or attached by nails or screws. The grills B B B B form the shelves proper for the shoes to rest upon.

The openings between the bars allow of a free circulation of air, so as to quickly dry the 3 5 dressing. To make the shelves strong, the bars are connected by cross-dowels O 0.

Each shelf has heel-guards Eand a toeguard D to assist in retaining the shoe in its best position for drying and to make it more convenient in quickly placing the shoes upon the shelves. Each division is provided with a drip-shield H, which is so located that it will be under the heel part of the shoes, so that if there is upon the rear part of any of the shoes any excess of liquid blacking or dressing, it in dripping will not fall upon and soil any part of the shoes that happen to be under it, the shields H being so placed that they will catch any such drop.

A rack for holding boots and shoes, comprising a supporting-frame and a series of longitudinal open shelves, each shelf consisting of a heel-guard; a depressed grill, having 5 5 cross-dowels; an elevated toe-guard and a drip-shield, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth. v

In testimony whereof I have signedmy name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 27th day of April, A. D. 1901.

PATRICK J. OALLAHAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. GALLAHAN, WILLIAM ED-soN. 

